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Cavan Moore, 27, of Raymond received a two to five year prison sentence in Rockingham County Superior Court. He admitted to breaking the bones of his infant son last December. (JAMES A. KIMBLE/FILE PHOTO)

Raymond father gets prison time in baby abuse case

By JAMES A. KIMBLEUnion Leader Correspondent

BRENTWOOD – A Raymond man who broke his infant son’s ankle last December was sentenced two to five years in state prison as part of a negotiated plea deal with county prosecutors.

Judge Kenneth McHugh also sentenced Cavan Moore, 27, to two other suspended prison sentences for breaking his infant son’s left rib and his wrist sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 28. 2012.

The suspended sentences – each three-to-six years – can be imposed within the next five years if Moore runs afoul of the law, according to court documents.

Moore pleaded guilty on Nov. 27 in Rockingham County Superior Court to three counts of second-degree assault.

Each charges was punishable by 3 ½ to 7 years in state prison. Prosecutors dropped another 11 counts of second-degree assault.

The baby, who suffered breaks to his ankle and ribs, was born Nov. 3, 2012, according to prosecutors.

Raymond police were called in to investigate the injuries after Moore had brought his infant son to Exeter Hospital last Dec. 28, prosecutors said.

Doctors who analyzed X-Rays taken of the baby boy concluded that he suffered from “classic child abuse fractures,” according to Assistant County Attorney Kirsten Wilson.

Prosecutors believe that Moore inflicted the injuries sometime between Dec. 14 and Dec. 28 – a period where Moore was in charge of diaper changes and taking care of the baby.

Raymond police Det. Richard Labell testified at a hearing in September that Moore told him that he may have “stepped on his son’s ankle while playing video games.” Moore later made a different statement to police saying that he may have sat on his son’s ankle.

McHugh rejected a bid by public defenders to have those statements thrown out of court.

Moore has already spent 390 days in the Rockingham County jail, which will count toward his state prison term.

Moore’s wife, Erica, is expected to plead guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment charges next month. The charges are punishable by up to a year in county jail, but she is expected to draw a suspended sentence in exchange for her plea, court records indicate.